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Last Night’s True Detective Showcased Exactly Why This Season Is a Total Dud
As has been too often noted, reviewing television shows based on a smattering of episodes is similar to reviewing a book based only on its early chapters. This is a complaint often trotted out by creators who think their show has gotten a bum rap (a cohort that overlaps significantly...
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I haven't watched this episode yet but I'm not surprised by this review. It's felt pretty messy from the start, I'm still kind of hoping for a miracle.
Just watched this episode. What, in the name of all that is holy, is going on???? Same writer, same musical director, quality cast but just a mess of wooden acting,mumbled lines, incomprehensible plot, and some poor girl/woman with a seemingly untreated mental health issue, singing badly in a deserted bar for our musical enjoyment. Wow, it seems like the first series never happened. I'm still going to watch next week though...I've made the investment and will plough on in the hope that the brilliance that was apparent in the first series will somehow rise through the turgid morass that is the second series.